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HONOLULU, April 3, 2025 — Governor Josh Green, M.D., today highlighted the importance of the philanthropic community to Hawaiʻi’s healthcare industry, in welcoming $10M in grants from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, to two Oʻahu hospitals.

The rising burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is one of the most pressing global health challenges of our time. As the number of people affected continues to grow, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, the need for urgent, coordinated action has never been greater. Nowhere was this urgency more evident than at the 2025 Global NCD Alliance Forum in Kigali,…

RAMAT GAN, Israel, March 24, 2025—Bar-Ilan University has launched a research lab complex for the development of more efficient and environmentally friendly battery storage devices and fuel cells. The collection includes laboratories of the National Energy Storage Institute, the Helmsley Charitable Trust Prototype Laboratory, and laboratories of NetZero Technology Ventures. More than NIS 30 million ($8.3 million) in investments supported…

NEW YORK, March 20, 2025 – Today, The Trevor Project launched a public awareness campaign to address the public health crisis of suicide among LGBTQ+ young people in rural communities with support from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. The campaign launch features a new 10-minute documentary short film that tells the story of a mother and…

NEW YORK, March 10, 2025 – The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced today a $1 million grant to the Jerusalem Foundation for the construction of a new center for Tsad Kadima, an organization in Jerusalem that works with youth and adults with disabilities. The grant will help develop the $6.7 million new home for Tsad Kadima that will serve…

RAPID CITY, SD, March 4, 2025 – The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust is granting more than $2 million to Monument Health Children’s to purchase state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) equipment. This investment will allow newborns and their families to access critical care close to home.  The grant allows for the purchase of more than 20…

A cache of coins from the Hasmonean era, evidence of the name “Ahab”, the famous king of northern Israel, an original five-ton stone from the Western Wall, and the weapons of long-gone conquerors — The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Airports Authority and the Ministry of Heritage, supported by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, set up an…

As a former Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), HeartCorps service member TyLinn Dodd has always enjoyed helping others. In her role as a health educator serving out of the North Central District Health Department in O’Neill, Nebraska, TyLinn now brings important training to a vast nine-county area that spans the Nebraska plains. “I’ve always enjoyed taking care of people and helping…

As HeartCorps service member Ayden Keslar offered blood pressure checks at a Gillette, Wyoming soup kitchen, she noticed a stressed-out mother tending to her baby and teenage child. Ayden invited the mom to take a seat and listened attentively as she shared how tough it was to carve out time to take care of herself with diet and exercise. This…

NORTH DAKOTA, February 18, 2025 —The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has granted $27.4 million dollars to help 69 North Dakota hospitals and health centers purchase 215 ultrasound imaging devices and train the state’s sonography workforce. Walter Panzirer, a Trustee of the Helmsley Charitable Trust, said the grants will help improve access to top-notch medical treatment for North…

NEW YORK, February 18, 2025 – The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust today announced a $5.45 million grant to build a cutting-edge Medical Technologies Building at the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) in Israel. Support from Helmsley is a critical step toward educating the next generation of healthcare professionals in the country. The money will serve as…

NEW YORK, February 10, 2025 – The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (“Helmsley”) has announced a grant of $1.365M to Rambam Health Corporation for the purchase of an angiography system for the interventional radiology unit at Rambam Health Care Campus (“Rambam”). The center will use the new equipment in the treatment of trauma-related vascular injuries, such as…

Growing up in rural Indiana, Basil Heintzman saw first-hand the healthcare inequities faced by residents of smaller communities. When a family friend suffered a heart attack while toiling in a community garden, her dad decided to put him in his vehicle and rush him to the nearest large town, Bloomington, to get the care he needed to survive. The doctor…

Safe motherhood should not be a privilege enjoyed just by those in the global north or in urban centers; it is a part of health as a human right. Maternal deaths are largely preventable, and yet maternal health disparities remain a major challenge across the globe. After years of steady declines in global maternal mortality rates since 2000, progress stalled…

For the past 6 years, the Helmsley Charitable Trust has convened researchers of the Gut Cell Atlas Crohn’s Disease Consortium (GCA) to share their progress in cataloging cell types and their signals in the intestine of Crohn’s disease (CD) patients. By generating this searchable cellular atlas of diseased tissue – and comparing it to that of healthy tissue – researchers…